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Author : Evans, S.G.; Cruden, D.M.; Bobrowsky, P.T.; Guthrie, R.H.; Keegan, T.R.; Liverman, D.G.E.; and Perret, D.
Date : 2005.
Title : Landslide risk assessment in Canada; a review of recent developments.
Publication : Landslide Risk Management: Proceedings of the International Conference on Landslide Risk Management, Vancouver. Edited by: Hungr, O.; Fell, R.; Couture, R.; and Eberhardt, E. Leiden: A.A. Balkema.
Issue :
Page(s) : 352-366.
Abstract
Recent developments have added considerably to our understanding of landslide risk in Canada and has led to the implementation of formal risk reduction methods in selected jurisdictions. New knowledge of historical landslides in Newfoundland and the Maritime Provinces has given insight into the most damaging landslide types in that region which has formed the basis for more accurate landslide hazard assessment. In the St. Lawrence Lowlands, land-use zoning guidelines, especially setbacks, in areas of potential landslide hazard underlain by Champlain Sea sediments, are designed to reduce future landslide losses, especially with respect to rapid earth flows. In the Prairie Provinces, the application of similar methodologies, coupled with an enhanced understanding of landslide mechanisms, presents the possibility of mitigating landslide risk. In the Canadian Cordillera, landslide losses have been extensively analysed and the most damaging landslide types identified. The results of this analysis form the basis for a greater understanding of regional landslide hazard particularly when used in conjunction with volume and frequency data. Volume and frequency analysis has proved useful in quantifying landslide hazard at regional and site scales in the Cordillera. With respect to landslide risk and infrastructure, substantial progress, based largely on the analysis of comprehensive event inventories, has been made in the quantification of landslide hazard along highways and railways. From a national perspective, it is suggested that the understanding of landslide hazard is sufficiently well developed that it now provides an entry to quantitative risk assessment at the regional level and the design of robust risk-reduction measures in the most landslide-prone areas.
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